This is video number nine in a selection I have entitled why does a DJ use and in this one, we are looking at something like this. It is a smoke machine.
Why does a DJ use a smoke machine? In a night club and in a mobile environment, 99% of the time, a DJ will use some lighting effects. The lighting effects are very good. First of all without a smoke machine because what you will have, you will have the actual lighting effect all across the wall, the floor and the ceiling.
But that is about it. You would not have anything else because the light will just go straight through the air and hit the wall. Why a DJ uses smoke or a smoke machine is what happens, the smoke machine will puff out basically smoke. What happens is the lights then hit the smoke and the light reflects off the tiny smoke particles so what you end up with is almost arms of light coming from the actual lighting unit we have here.
If I turn the smoke machine on, you will get a general idea. That is what the light looks like with a tiny bit of smoke because this guy has been puffing out little bits. Now I am going to put the smoke machine on and we will take a look. [smoke machine on] There you go, there is the difference. Now, we have got a fantastic effect. It is almost like a laser effect so this is why the DJ uses a smoke machine. I hope that has been a help.
Thanks for watching. Practice and enjoy.
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